The Thorn Birds is arobust, romantic
saga of a singular family, the Clearys.
It begins in the early part of this cen-
tury, when Paddy Clcary moves his
wife, Fiona, and their seven children
to Drogheda, the vast Australian
sheep station owned by his autocratic
and childless older sister; and it ends
more than halfa century later, when
the only survivor of the third genera-
tion, the brilliant actress Justine
O Neill, sets a course of life and love
halfway around the world from her
roots.
The central figures in this enthral-
ling story aretheindomitableMeggie,
the only Cleary daughter, and the one
man she truly loves, the stunningly
handsome and ambitious priest Ralph
de Bricassart. Ralph s course moves
him along way indeed, from a re.mote
Outback parish to the hallsof the
Vatican; and Meggie s, except for a
brief and miserable marriage else-
where, is fixed to the Drogheda that
is part of her bones-but distance
does not dim their feelings though it
shapes their lives.
Wonderful characters people this
book: strong and gentle Paddy, hid-
ing a private mcmory; dutiful Fiona,
holding back love because it once be-,
trayed her; violent, tormented Frank,
考琳·麦卡洛(Colleen McCullough, 1937- ),澳大利亚当代女作家。1977年,她以自己全部的生活积累,创作出版了呕心沥血之作《荆棘鸟》。作品一出版便引起轰动,不但拍成电影广为流传,而且翻译成二十多种文字在世界各地出版,成为当代世界最畅销的小说之一。
除《荆棘鸟》外,麦卡洛还创作十二部长篇小说,一部传记。她与丈夫居住在澳大利亚南太平洋的诺福克岛。
看这本书是三、四年前的事了,记得当时自己像着了迷似的看,好喜欢里面场景的描写和主人公的爱情故事,优美缠绵却又注定般的感情纠葛。直到现在还是心动
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